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11 Flutter Lambda Techniques That Will Make Your Code 200% Cleaner
Learn how to leverage Flutter lambdas to write cleaner, more maintainable code. These 11 practical techniques will transform your Flutter.Continue reading on Medium »
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Celsius Founder Alex Mashinsky Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison
After pleading guilty to two counts of fraud, the founder of failed cryptocurrency platform Celsius will serve 12 years in federal prison.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Donald Trump’s UK Trade Deal Could Secure Jaguar’s Resurrection
A US deal to drop car tariffs from 25 to 10 percent could bolster UK luxury car sales—but only for the first 100,000 vehicles. This is particularly welcome news for Jaguar Land Rover.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Meta blocks major Muslim Instagram page in India amid rising conflict
Company referred to policy for restricting content when governments say material goes ‘against local law’Meta has banned a prominent Muslim news page on Instagram in India at the government’s request, the account’s founder said on Wednesday, denouncing the move as “censorship” as hostilities escalate between India and Pakistan.Instagram users in India trying to access posts from the handle @Muslim – a page with 6.7...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:The 8 best video doorbells tried and tested – and Ring isn’t top
Whether you want to bolster your home’s security or simply make sure you know when someone is at the door, the latest generation of smart doorbells will help put your mind at ease• The best robot vacuums to keep your home clean and dust freeDoorbells have evolved. Today, they watch us as we approach, let the people inside the home know we’re coming sooner than our finger can hit the button, and give them a good look at...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:The Download: AI benchmarks, and Spain’s grid blackout
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How to build a better AI benchmark It’s not easy being one of Silicon Valley’s favorite benchmarks. SWE-Bench (pronounced “swee bench”) launched in November 2024 as a way to evaluate an AI model’s…
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Wikipedia challenging UK law it says exposes it to ‘manipulation and vandalism’
Wikimedia Foundation seeks judicial review of some requirements of Online Safety Act it claims may endanger safety of volunteer editorsThe charity that hosts Wikipedia is challenging the UK’s online safety legislation in the high court, saying some of its regulations would expose the site to “manipulation and vandalism”.In what could be the first judicial review related to the Online Safety Act, Wikimedia Foundation...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:How to build a better AI benchmark
It’s not easy being one of Silicon Valley’s favorite benchmarks. SWE-Bench (pronounced “swee bench”) launched in November 2024 to evaluate an AI model’s coding skill, using more than 2,000 real-world programming problems pulled from the public GitHub repositories of 12 different Python-based projects. In the months since then, it’s quickly become one of the most…
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Did solar power cause Spain’s blackout?
At roughly midday on Monday, April 28, the lights went out in Spain. The grid blackout, which extended into parts of Portugal and France, affected tens of millions of people—flights were grounded, cell networks went down, and businesses closed for the day. Over a week later, officials still aren’t entirely sure what happened, but some…
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:GTA6 gets it on: can the notoriously cynical action series finally find time for romance?
The newest trailer indicates Grand Theft Auto VI may have a soft centre, with its focus on outlaw lovers Lucia and JasonSomething new is coming to the Grand Theft Auto universe next year. I don’t mean super-high-definition visuals, or previously unexplored areas of Rockstar’s take on the US. This time it’s something much more profound. If you’ve seen the newly released second trailer from GTA6 – somewhat cruelly...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:‘Outdated and unjust’: can we reform global capitalism?
President Trump’s tariffs have plunged the world economy into chaos. But history counsels against despair – and the left should seize on capitalism’s crisis of legitimacySince Donald Trump launched his chaotic trade war earlier this year, it has become a truism to say he has plunged the world economy into crisis. At last month’s spring meetings of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Washington, where...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Cringe! How millennials became uncool
They are mocked by gen Z for everything from their trainer socks to their mom jeans and selfie technique. A maligned millennial asks: how did we get here?Her right to a naked ankle is, in the end, the hill Natalie Ormond is willing to die on. Ormond, a millennial, simply cannot – will not – get her head around gen Z’s fondness for a crew sock, pulled up over gym leggings or skimming bare legs, brazenly extending over...
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:From Zero to Hero: Ultimate Flutter Project Setup Guide That Will Save You 50+ Hours
Learn how to set up a Flutter project from scratch with this comprehensive guide covering environment setup, architecture, and best…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Earn Passive Income from the Booming eLearning Market
Discover how to generate income effortlesslyContinue reading on Medium »
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:Singapore’s Vision for AI Safety Bridges the US-China Divide
In a rare moment of global consensus, AI researchers from the US, Europe, and Asia came together in Singapore to form a plan for researching AI risks.
Published on: May 08, 2025 | Source:A ‘Trump Card Visa’ Is Already Showing Up in Immigration Forms
Donald Trump has proposed launching a “gold card” program offering US residency for $5 million. Elon Musk’s DOGE has begun rolling out the technology to enable it.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:OpenAI and the FDA Are Holding Talks About Using AI In Drug Evaluation
High-ranking OpenAI employees have met with the FDA multiple times in recent weeks to discuss AI and a project called cderGPT.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Tech giants beat quarterly expectations as Trump’s tariffs hit the sector
What’s new in AI – from effects on job market to Meta’s new app and ChatGPT changes – and a look at Musk’s first termHello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, and this week in tech news: Trump’s tariffs hit tech companies that move physical goods more than their digital-only counterparts. Two stories about AI’s effect on the labor market paint a murky picture. Meta released a standalone AI app,...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Pro-Russian hackers claim to have targeted several UK websites
Group that calls itself NoName057(16) appears to have had limited success disrupting council and other websitesA pro-Russian hacking group has claimed to have successfully targeted a range of UK websites, including local councils and the Association for Police and Crime Commissioners, during a three-day campaign.In a series of social media posts, the group calling itself NoName057(16) suggested it had made a number of...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:The business of the future is adaptive
Manufacturing is in a state of flux. From supply chain disruptions to rising costs, tougher environmental regulations, and a changing consumer market, the sector faces a series of competing challenges. But a new way of operating offers a way to tackle complexities head-on: adaptive production hardwires flexibility and resilience into the enterprise, drawing on powerful…
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:When video games journalism eats itself, we all lose out | Keith Stuart
As industry giants trade beloved brands like commodities and AI offers easy content, independent games outlets are rising up. Here’s why they’re sorely neededLast week was a bad one for video games journalism. Two key contributors to the veteran site Giant Bomb, Jeff Grubb and Mike Minotti, have announced their departure after a recent podcast was taken down. The 888th episode of the Giant Bombcast reportedly featured...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:The best phone straps: 15 stylish and practical picks to keep your device close and your hands free
Our fashion expert rounds up her pick of the best phone straps, from beaded wristlets and cross-body straps to lanyards with recycled cases• Jess Cartner-Morley’s May style essentials: life-changing jeans and the ultimate holiday shoesYou’re probably familiar with the concept of adding a finishing touch to your outfit: a belt that smartens up trousers, a great pair of sunglasses, statement jewellery that livens up a...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:The Download: Neuralink’s AI boost, and Trump’s tariffs
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This patient’s Neuralink brain implant gets a boost from generative AI Last November, Bradford G. Smith got a brain implant from Elon Musk’s company Neuralink. The device, a set of thin wires attached…
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Minerals, mobile phones and militias: how war unfolded in DRC
How the global wrangle for natural resources in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is fuelling one of the world’s worst humanitarian crisesHello and welcome to The Long Wave. This week, after three months of fighting, a peace agreement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is in the works. I spoke to our east Africa correspondent, Carlos Mureithi, about the conflict, how quickly it escalated and the prospects for...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:This patient’s Neuralink brain implant gets a boost from generative AI
Last November, Bradford G. Smith got a brain implant from Elon Musk’s company Neuralink. The device, a set of thin wires attached to a computer about the thickness of a few quarters that sits in his skull, lets him use his thoughts to move a computer pointer on a screen. And by last week he…
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Amazon Has Made a Robot With a Sense of Touch
Vulcan, a robot with tactile senses, is a step toward automating more of picking and stowing work done by humans inside Amazon’s fulfillment centers.
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Amazon makes ‘fundamental leap forward in robotics’ with device having sense of touch
Vulcan device ‘capable of grabbing three-quarters of items in warehouses’ fuels fears of mass job lossesAmazon said it has made a “fundamental leap forward in robotics” after developing a robot with a sense of touch that will be capable of grabbing about three-quarters of the items in its vast warehouses.Vulcan – which launches at the US firm’s “Delivering the Future” event in Dortmund, Germany, on Wednesday and is to...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:‘The crux of all evil’: what happened to the first city that tried to ban smartphones for under-14s?
It’s a year since teachers in St Albans asked parents not to give younger children smartphones. How successful have they been? What do the kids think about it? And has it made the adults think about their own ‘addiction’?At 3.12pm on a sunny spring afternoon in St Albans, Yasser Afghen reaches for the iPhone in his jeans pocket, hoping to use the three minutes before his son emerges from his year 1 primary class to...
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:Navigating the Digital Tide: Social Media’s Impact on Teen Mental Health
In this digital age, social media platforms have become more than just a source of entertainment; they’ve become integral to the daily…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: May 07, 2025 | Source:The Download: a longevity influencer’s new religion, and humanoid robots’ shortcomings
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Bryan Johnson wants to start a new religion in which “the body is God” Bryan Johnson is on a mission to not die. The 47-year-old multimillionaire has already applied his slogan “Don’t Die”…
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Drop Duchy review – a sprawling challenge disguised as a block-dropping puzzler
Arcade Crew/Sleepy Mill Studio; PCBuild a card deck of landscape features; organise your territory on a Tetris-like playfield; battle enemies and bosses to progress. It might sound complicated, but this is an ingenious experiment in game design by combinationThe indie video game scene is currently dominated by two unassailable genre titans: the rogue-like and the deck-builder. The first is a type of action adventure in...
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Trump’s Tariffs Are Threatening America’s Apple Juice Supply Chain
Most of the apple juice Americans drink is imported, with a large share coming from China. Experts say families should expect to start paying higher prices for the beloved beverage.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:The Future of Manufacturing Might Be in Space
Products made in space—and used on Earth—could be a reality in the coming years.
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:Why the humanoid workforce is running late
On Thursday I watched Daniela Rus, one of the world’s top experts on AI-powered robots, address a packed room at a Boston robotics expo. Rus spent a portion of her talk busting the notion that giant fleets of humanoids are already making themselves useful in manufacturing and warehouses around the world. That might come as…
Published on: May 06, 2025 | Source:To the Era of H2AI2H: A New Kind of Connection Between Humans and AI
“I feel like a time is coming when AI will help people connect more deeply.”Continue reading on Medium »
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